The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-08-06

unless the folks along the road gets
up and washes 'em off with cloth
durin' the night.
And l don't believe they do that
because that would wear on 'em-and
everybody looked so good-humored
and happy. and sort of refreshed and
gay, that gin up that idea. And so
L had to put it away in the closet
where l keep mysteries. THAT closet
is jest packed full and got to be en-
larged.)
And all along the broad, clean,
beautiful streets, every now and then
and sometimes oftener, are little
three-cornered parks. they call 'em
reservations. full of green trees and
flowers, and fountains and statutes.
All over Washington, at almost
every street corner, You'll find 'em.
and even big parks full of all sorts of
beautiful trees and flowers. Glossy
leaved magnolias, one mass of bril-
liant rose color, and then trees bend
ing down with pink and snowy
bloom, bendin' down, as if to COM
pare their beauty with the frequent
beds of flowers of all colors under
meath 'em. And birds dartin' and
a singin' over 'em both, as if they
were dizzy with delight and couldn't
settle the matter. And white statutes
lOOkin' serenely down or up into
the blue heavens, as the case might
be, but either way seemin' lost in
vision of raped beauty. And the
musical murmur of the fountains a
tellin' somethin' about their own
ideas of beauty and glory in their
own liquid language, well be known
to them. but not translated yet into
ourn. And anon, or oftener, right
out of the green velvet of the turf
would be big, cool ponds of water,
bound in white marble, with thous-
ands of gold fish a dartin' in and out
every way.
And all along the streets wuz
houses, big and noble and grand
looking, and little and clean and cozy
looking. all minglin' together and
seemingly enjoying themselves first
rate. And big churches, occasionally,
if not ofIener. The steeples are very
high, and so are the characters Of the
perfessers, as far as | know.
And then we went by some big
tarvens. Yes, Mr.. Riggs and Mr..
Willard keeps fir5trate taverns, so l
wuz told, and so doz Mr.. Arlington,
too. But they don't do it all them
selves they keep help. Why, good
land, Miss Willard and Miss Riggs
and Miss Arlington couldn't begin
to wash the dishes, to say nothin' OF
wipin'. They keep a hired girl, all
on 'em, and may be more than one.
And all along this beautiful and
enchanting highway, a good deal
oftener than once, would be massive
and impressive marble buildings.
Why, | never see anything so i'm
pressive, and Josiah never did. They
lowered up and spread out as maj
esty that made Zen fit for the name
they bore, public buildins. The pub
lie deserves it all. l like the public
first rate, and so does Josiah. The
public is a good old creeter a good
deal of the time. And way up over
our hoads, wherever we Wuz, we
could see the shinin' tall spire of Gen
George Washington's monument, a
seemin' to point up towards the heaY-
ems, all the time a draWin' the minds
of law makers up where they ought
to be. But though Georges head is
way up in the clouds, mlsts and mud
are present with his feet. And that
is the way with most on 'em l spose
lofty, toWerin' ambitious, and mere
grovelin' ones, all in one monument
Wall, anon, we see the walls of the
Capitol, like poem in white marble
risin out of billowy sea of green
waves on waves of beautiful green O.
every tint. and blossoms, white, pink
and cream color.
We got out of the car nigh to the
bulldin' and walked afoot up through
the broad paths. lendin' under that
f verdant shade. Great masses of flow
ers wuz sot down in the green Yelye
turf borderin' the paths, Statute;
looked out at us through the greer
boughs; birds sung to us-the posy'
, nodded their perfumed heads at us
, And high up -up-oyer our heads
right out of that fairyland of beauty
riz the white walls of that most per
feet and beautiful buildin' in the
world.
And as / went up one Of the broad
} flights of marble steps, as wide and
high as from our house clear up the
, hill to Mr.. Sewedy's, if not further
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